Apple’s App Store seen growing at rapid clip

Apple’s App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch is growing at a pace of 38 percent a month, with 200 new applications being added everyday, according to new data by analytics company Mobclix.

Mobclix expects the App Store to be a $1 billion marketplace over the next 2 years, and Mobclix co-founder Krishna Subramanian said that estimate is conservative.

By the group’s latest tally, there are 31,000 applications in the store — above Apple’s official count of 25,000 — with the largest category being games, more than 7,000 of them. Some more interesting stats: